twesterm said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
edjevink said:
Let me ask you this, what will shock you more:
- If your girlfriend (or a friend or family member for that matter) would be killed right in front of your eyes.
- All the civilians that die on a daily basis because of war/hunger/diseases.
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Aeris wasn't Clouds girlfriend. And unless you were REALLY into the story of FFVII, you wouldn't have made much of a connection with Aeris before she died. I played the whole game with her at all the times she was available and still, all that led me to have was frustration because I lost a permanent character I had been focusing on for 15 hours.
Frankly, with the amount of death found in the FF series, Aeris' death was nothing new or amazing. It was only 'shocking' to people in America because for many of them, it was either their first FF game or first RPG. If they had played FFIV or even other RPGs (such as Suikoden, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Breath of Fire, Lufia, Dragon Warrior II-IV, the list goes on), characters dying would have been second nature to them. Its as normal as fighting monsters or using potions. Almost every JRPG has it (except something like the Mario RPG series).
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You actually have to wonder why people don't make a bigger deal of Crono's death considering you spent 4 times as much time with him by the time he "dies."
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Mostly because less people had played the game. Pretty much, the FFVII hype pushing everything about the game again.
Also, I'd just like to say, even as a silent protagonist, can anyone really say Chrono wasn't a better character than Aeris? It really is baffling why Aeris is labeled as the most 'shocking' moment in an RPG to this day, while on the most part people still look back to Aeris as a forgettable and even boring character.
